On Friday, Tucker Carlson investigates the border battle as Democrats push for a ‘technological wall.’ President Trump holds back on a national emergency. Then later, Tucker examines the left’s mobilization against legal gun owners. Plus: Did CNN decline local reporter due to border wall bias?

As a political leader, candidate Trump has made controlling the southern border one of his major themes. He has been talking about it for three and a half years. If he were to back down, it would send a signal of weakness to his base.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel is reportedly planning to dissolve the panel’s terrorism subcommittee and instead create a panel to focus on investigating matters related to President Trump -- a move prompting criticism from Republicans.

On Friday, Bret highlights the case brought against the Trump Administration over forced work by air traffic controllers without pay along with other groups, while Wisconsin is breathing easy with the return of a teenage kidnapped three months ago, and a look into the non-future of microchips.

President Trump said Friday that the immigration flow along the southern border amounts to an “invasion,” calling the situation “far worse” than people understand after returning from a visit to the front-lines in Texas.